Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 2008/03

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] flat g1
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:03:49 -0400

Pull keys and check tone holes for dirt. It doesn't take much to change the
pitch. It builds up over time and you really don't notice...until...you do.
Then there's a crisis.
Clean the holes with Q-tips, toothpick or Stimudents....softer things only.
Don't scratch or damage the tone holes.

You can use a little bore oil or sweet almond oil on the q-tip to loosen the
dirt. Be sure to dry all oil off of the tone holes, especially the holes
that have pads covering them. The oil will shorten the life of the pad.

Forest Aten

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rien Stein [mailto:rstein@-----.nl]
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:39 AM
> To: klarinetlijst
> Subject: [kl] flat g1
>
> Hello
>
> I have a very good clarinet (Buffet Crampon BC 20), and am very happy with
> it. The last ten years I used to play it with Pomarico Ningun mouthpiece,
> but about 1 1/2 year ago I got problems with the tuning in the throat
> register. Thus I returned to a Vandoren B45 mp. The problems with a-flat,
> a
> and b-flat are over now, but my g is still very flat, over a quarter tone.
> I
> am not able to correct this withmy embouchure. Does a fingering exist to
> solve this problem?
>
> Ciao
>
> Rien (pronounce: Rheene)
>
>
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